I've had problems in the past that a buffer chest might solve... Basically i had wood set to auto trash, and wanted to then use that wood to fuel my train network. So, you have the train stop request 2k wood, set your auto trash, and go cut some trees. But once you build more than one train stop yo...

I've had problems in the past that a buffer chest might solve... Basically i had wood set to auto trash, and wanted to then use that wood to fuel my train network. So, you have the train stop request 2k wood, set your auto trash, and go cut some trees. But once you build more than one train stop you...

+1 The deconstruction planner being limited like this is even more annoying to me. If you're trying to build rail through the forest you've gotta redo the deconstruction planner every few steps where previously i could drag the whole way across the map. And some of the forests are so dense it's hard...

I've been playing Factorio using the Steam controller for months. Thousands of hours played using that thing. It works great already, no changes required!

Turns out you can actually build a working multi-fluid train station in vanilla Factorio already. Here's the blueprint/screenshot, after which I'll explain how it works. In my example I have a train stop that can unload oil, water, or petroleum; but you should be able to just keep blueprinting each ...

Last time I checked, you can't use more than three pumps at a train stop. It'll pick 3 to use based on build order, and even if you disable those through the circuit network it won't use any others. Circuit conditions on tanks will work for some time but eventually it will always fail -- you'll end ...

The plans for 0.16 include "fluid squashing" which, IIRC, fixes the issue of having pipes blocked with 0.0 of some other fluid. Once that's implemented it should be pretty easy to build a fluid filter using regular pipes and pumps, so I don't think there will be any need for adding new str...

I agree with you 100% that the Nostromo game pad should be able to do this! My problem is my lack of experience using the Razer Synapse software that is used to setup the game pad. I never thought about using something like an Xbox One controller to use with Factorio! Programming the Nostromo is no...

Keyboard and mouse is a terrible experience in comparison. To each his own. I hate controllers. Especially in a game with 32 hotkeys and a need to place that cursor tile-perfect every time. For a guy who types 50WPM, having to name a character or save file with a console controller is like the wait...

WASD sucks. I play with a gamepad, which is SO GOOD. An X-Box gamepad works alright, but really I think the ideal experience is a Steampad since it can more accurately emulate an actual mouse. I usually play on a projector from my couch so a full keyboard and mouse is just not an option. But even if...

It does seem to violate Steam terms of service: http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1471967615870398506/ But Steam isn't likely to remove anything until it gets reported. They don't monitor every single thing that gets posted, and they don't want to have to start doing that as it could be ...

That is not what people complain about. They have analyzed the problem and found that there is no fix. No way to make it work. I don't see anyone claiming a circuit network setup is impossible; and buffer chests seems to still be under debate. Sounds like that isn't proven yet. But even if it is, t...

I think this is perfect...if you're building the smallest/fastest/best of *anything* you have to worry about every single little variable. That's just how engineering works, and Factorio shouldn't be any different. Quick example -- those of you who follow tech news probably saw recently that Samsung...

Yeah, it's nice to keep both lanes full as you already described because it gives a slightly larger buffer with better throughput, but there's not really any reason to balance the actual consumption. It's certainly possible though... Two ways to do this -- force your inserters on one side to pull fr...

Yes, there is a limit. The maximum speed depends on the length of the pipe. This should be helpful: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?t=6066 Just be aware that they changed some of this in 0.15, so if you're on the experimental release those numbers won't be accurate but the general idea sti...

You can add "circuit conditions to stations" I currently have a wire from the buffer chests to the station to open and close the station. Or do you mean anything else? Yeah I already use that a lot, but that's not quite what I meant. Basically that makes it easy to enable an iron mine whe...

I was just trying to figure out a way to make this work last night... I've got a pretty congested rail network already, and there's some items I don't really have enough production of to keep even a single train busy full time. Lots of trains sitting idle in intake stations waiting for the output st...

The problem with this idea is that assemblers effectively get two different item outputs: whatever item is produced per recipe PLUS barrel. Which item will your output inserter take? I guess this could be solved with filter inserters, but that feels like a very hacky solution. The kovarex enrichmen...

I see another possible issue here. I already tend to exploit the craft queue, and this would make that so much easier. When you add anything to the queue it pulls the material from your inventory immediately. So if you need temporary inventory space you can just craft something BIG, do what you need...

+1 I was thinking something similar recently. Although I would say use any two fluids, not only if one of them is water. Since water is the only fluid in Factorio that ISN'T an oil product, any two mixed fluids could be called mixed oil or something, which I was thinking could be turned into solid f...